Kieran Timmins, President and CEO, SmartCentric Technologies International In 2007, smart card use and acceptance in the U.S. was on the rise. Using contactless smart card technology for payments and physical and logical access became a solution that many campus institutions, both academic and corporate, embraced. With the continued demand and deployment of multi-application smart […]

Kurt Bell, VP Sales & Marketing, Jolly Technologies The most meaningful trend I see in ID is that of convergence. The ID card is increasingly becoming an integral component of a larger integrated security environment. At one time, an identification card existed on its unique little island. It was produced by a stand-alone system and […]

A video report from NBC4 examines the proposed combination of the WMATA Smartrip contactless transit card and the official driver license. While it is only a concept under consideration at this point, officials and privacy advocates voice the inevitable convenience vs. intrusiveness debate. Check out the video segment online at: http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=180072   

Biometrika’s HiScan fingerprint scanner has been certified by the FBI according to PIV Image Quality Specifications. HiScan is a professional fingerprint scanner with a large acquisition area (1″ × 1″), conceived to become a reference in the single-finger scanner market. HiScan has been specifically designed for government and forensic applications and, more generally, for all […]

Joseph Pearson, Marketing Manager (Government ID), Texas Instruments The government electronic identification market is gaining momentum as traditional ID documents are being replaced with more secure cards containing smart chips. More than 50 countries have electronic passport (e-passport) programs and many more are implementing secure electronic identification programs for citizens, visitors and government employees. The […]

NASA will continue its ten-year relationship with Entrust increasing its utilization of the company’s PKI solutions. Via the One NASA initiative, each of the agencies facilities are standardizing on the Entrust Shared Service Provider offering through the Department of Treasury. The certificates empower NASA’s FIPS 201 PIV cards to secure e-mail, digitally sign agency forms […]

Sagem Sécurité has won a seven-year contract to produce 12 million secure drivers licenses and vehicle registration cards for Morocco. At the core of the system is the contactless smartcard provided by Sagem Orga GmbH. During a police check, an officer will pass the card over a smartcard reader to access the data stored in […]

Denver-based RFID Ltd., said Friday the cost of remaining publicly traded was too great, and it is not generating enough revenue to cover expenses, reports Denver Business Journal. “RFID Ltd. has undergone a major resource loss of both operating capital and human capital,” the company’s written statement said, noting that the trend has hurt its […]

Datastrip Inc. has launched its latest product, the DSV2+TURBO handheld biometric terminal. Certified under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12), the DSV2+TURBO is designed for federal, state and local applications requiring on-the-spot ID verification. It is capable of reading a wide array of cards including both contact and contactless chips. The DSV2+TURBO features a “large-screen […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded EDS an $11.6 million contract to help the department develop and provide personal identity verification (PIV) card solutions to all VA employees, affiliates and contractors in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). EDS will support the implementation and deployment of PIV cards to more than […]